Famous people · Shumway
Born near Shumway: 9 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Fred K. Huffer, was born in Stewardson, 6 mi away. Carl A. Kemme is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Shumway yet. 767 towns in Illinois have at least one famous person on record.
Born nearby
9
within 35 miles
Closest
7 mi
Carl A. Kemme
Best known
Carl A. Kemme
in 12 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Shumway
The 9 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shumway and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (5)
- Jimmy Kite: Manningmbd, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Winkler: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Wolf: Mike LaChance: Flickr, e-mail, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen T. Worland: Alan Oppenheimer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Shouse: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons